Monthly Archives: December 2010

We’ve gotten some questions about whether we plan to research charities working on animal welfare, so I wanted to share my thoughts on the cause. It’s easy for me to believe that animals often are treated horribly, and live in … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

This is a guest post from Jason Fehr about how he decided what charity to support for his most recent donation. We requested this post along the lines of earlier posts by Ian Turner and Dario Amodei. Before proceeding, I’d … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Two weeks ago, we issued a challenge for people to help our top-rated charity, VillageReach, tell its story in a more compelling way. We got a lot of responses, many of them very thoughtful and interesting. Here’s a summary. Making … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

We’re about halfway through December, which is historically when the vast majority of donations go through our website. Here’s a quick update on where things stand. So far this year, we’ve seen significantly more money (over 3x as much) go … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

We’ve spent years looking for the most outstanding organizations we can find – organizations with demonstrable, cost-effective, powerful impacts on people’s lives. As of now, out of hundreds examined with a systematic process, we’ve found one that we think is … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Last year, we and many other groups came together in a joint press release on the “worst way to pick a charity.”. We argued that the simple, “one-size-fits-all” metric of the overhead ratio is a red herring, and that deeper … [CLICK TO READ MORE]